Sony merges PS Now and PS Plus to create three-tier subscription service
Christopher Dring
Head of Games B2B
Tuesday 29th March 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment
At a glance:
PlayStation is uniting PS Now and PS Plus to form a new three-tier subscription service.
The new service, sitting under the PS Plus brand, is set to go live in June and will include a number of new features.
PS Plus Essentials is the same as the PS Plus service today, which includes two monthly downloadable games, online multiplayer access, game discounts and cloud storage. It also costs the same: $9.99/€8.99/£6.99 a month, $24.99/€24.99/£19.99 for three months, or $59.99/€59.99/£49.99 a year.
PS Plus Extra includes all of the above but adds a collection of 400 PS4 and PS5 games that can be downloaded. These games will include the likes of Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, God of War, Returnal, Mortal Kombat 11 and Death Stranding. More titles, including those from third-party developers, will be announced nearer the time. Additional titles will be added on a regular basis. PS Plus Extra will cost: $14.99/€13.99/£10.99 a month, $39.99/€39.99/£31.99 for three months, or $99.99/€99.99/£83.99 a year.
PS Plus Premium includes all of the above, but also adds classic games from the PS1, PS2 and PSP (which can be downloaded or streamed), time-limited game trials and PS3 and PS4 game streaming. This service will cost: $17.99/€16.99/£13.49 a month, $49.99/€49.99/£39.99 for three months, or $119.99/€119.99/£99.99 a year.
For countries where PlayStation streaming doesn't currently exist (such as Latin America, South Korea and Singapore), the third tier is called PS Plus Deluxe, and includes all of the above but without the game streaming elements. Sony says it plans to expand its cloud streaming benefits to additional markets, with
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